The six High Growth Graduate Division teams advancing to the Oral Presentation finalist round April 13 at the Presbyterian Health Foundation Conference Center in Oklahoma City. Note: Teams will receive an email with judges’ comments and additional information on the oral competition by Monday, March 25.
EchoCharge
University of Tulsa
Graduate
Team leader: Katherine Sind
Team members: Martin Green, Bingjie Ji and Reid Johnston
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Summary: EchoCharge has developed technology that will extend cell phone battery life by harnessing energy from the voice of the phone user and surrounding noise vibrations. Using nano-wire technology, EchoCharge recycles vibration energy back to the cell phone battery, increasing its capacity by up to 20 percent.
Infinite Composites
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
Graduate
Team leader: Aaron Laney
Team member: Molly Agrimson
Advisor: Dr. Ranji Vaidyanathan
Summary: Infinite Composites is using advanced composite materials that are strong and lightweight to increase the safety and performance of products such as natural gas tanks, air tanks for large trucks, fire extinguishers and more. Its first product is a natural gas tank designed to hold equal fuel as its high-pressure counterparts but with much lower pressures.
Medishine
Oklahoma State University
Graduate
Team leader: Nasim Nosoudi
Team members: Fash Fadaei and Akkarapol Sa-ngasoonsong
Advisor: Bruce Barringer
Summary: Medishine Biomedical addresses the health issues caused by sleep apnea by producing and selling SleepEaze Night Shirt. The technology is a garment worn by the patient during sleep and containing a sensor that monitors and anticipates an impending obstruction of the airway, then prevents disrupted sleep by producing a stimulation to open the obstruction before it occurs.
One World Energy Solutions
Oklahoma State University
Graduate
Team leader: Jared Krittenbrink
Team members: Nashon Egoh, Tim Whitley and Tyler Worden
Advisor: Craig Watters
Summary: One World Energy Solutions has designed an animal-powered electric generator that will provide power in areas of the world not connected to an electrical grid. The technology works by attaching four draft animals to a rotating arm and turning it to generate electricity, which is then distributed to the community via portable 12-volt car batteries.
R2R Technologies
Oklahoma State University
Graduate
Team leader: Aravind Seshadri
Team members: Carlo Branca and Pedro Velasco
Advisor: Prabhakar Pagilla
Summary: R2R Technologies has developed “intelligent” guides for use in the manufacturing of flexible materials. Using a patented fiber optic sensor, the R2R technology will reduce waste and cost by keeping material properly aligned during manufacturing to prevent wrinkling, creasing or even breaking of the material.
Turtle One
University of Tulsa
Graduate
Team leader: Phoebe Hardwicke
Team member: Nick Wood
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Summary: Turtle One developed a database search technique that retrieves information and produces results five times faster than current methods used to search databases. It is compatible with the widely used MySQL, Oracle’s open source database management system.
